Accident · 1993-01-11

NTSB case CHI93LA070 · AERO COMMANDER 500-B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-01-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: AERO COMMANDER 500-B (N712AC)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Central Air Southwest, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CENTRAL AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER AND THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATION THAT THE AIRPLANE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITIONS. THE WEATHER AND AIRFRAME ICE WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

Source: NTSB case CHI93LA070

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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